Jarrett
Masculine · “brave spear”
Jarrett is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 22,892 boys against 78 girls since 1880.
Jarrett is Garrett with a J — an English development of Gerard, which is a brave spear. The soft g that French gave it eventually became a j in English spelling.
How old is the name Jarrett?
Jarrett was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Jarrett alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 21,500 people named Jarrett are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jarrett most popular?
Jarrett peaked in 1998, reaching #282 nationally. Today it ranks #2390, 2,108 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ger + hard to Jarrett
The story of Jarrett
Gerard came to England with the Normans and was worn down in English speech to Garrett and Jarrett, both of which became surnames. The surname crossed into American given-name use in the twentieth century, and Jarrett rose through the 1970s and 1980s, peaking in the early 1990s alongside Jarrod and Garrett.
Meaning
brave spear
Through Garrett and Gerard, from the Germanic ger, 'spear', and hard, 'brave' or 'hardy'. The ger element also opens Gerald and Gertrude; hard ends Richard and Bernard. Garrett is the medieval English development of Gerard, and Jarrett writes its initial sound phonetically.
How the name formed
- ger + hard
- Gerard
- Garrett
- Jarrett
Related forms: Garrett · Jarret · Gérard
Pronouncing Jarrett
JA-rut
Two syllables, stress on the first. Jarrett and Garrett differ only in the initial consonant.
Nicknames for Jarrett
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 1999955 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #282reached in 1998
- Change vs 2023
- −14.9%57 in 2025, from 67
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jarrett in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Garrett in English — related form
- Jarret in English — spelling variant
- Gérard in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Jarretts among us
people named Jarrett are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 29,966 born in 2025 was named Jarrett
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jarrett
- #2390
- Jarrett on the 2025 chart
- #846
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jarrett went to 57 boys in 2025, but Jaret and Jarett are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 82, which makes it the 846th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,544 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 20,830 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 29,966 for Jarrett itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Russel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jarrett's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Russel climbed just as high around 1913, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Russel's path sketches the road Jarrett is walking now.
Jarrett sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jarrett is headed
Jarrett is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jarrett beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jarrett in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both elements of the underlying compound are documented and the meaning is coherent.
- The J makes the soft initial sound unambiguous, which Garrett does not.
- Rhett is available as a short form with an independent record.
- Garrett is commoner and the two are easily confused.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jarretts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 21,500 people named Jarrett are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jarrett?
- Jarrett is the most-used spelling in US records — 57 of the 82 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jaret and Jarett.
- How popular is the name Jarrett in 2025?
- Jarrett ranks #2390 among US boy names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jarrett?
- About 1 in every 29,966 US boys born in 2025 was named Jarrett — 57 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jarrett with classmates?
- Jarrett will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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